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Ex-President of Catalonia Puchdemon was detained in Germany
Former Catalonia President Carles Puchdemon, accused by the Spanish authorities of inciting to rebellion, was detained in Germany. This was reported by the BBC with reference to a politician lawyer.
Puchdemon was detained in the federal land Schleswig-Holstein when he crossed the German border from Denmark. Before that, he was in Finland - the country's authorities informed German law enforcement officers about Puchdemon's arrival.
On Monday, the Supreme Land Court should consider the issue of extradition arrest of political emigrant.
According to the lawyer, the leader of the Catalan separatists was heading to Belgium, where he fled after removal from power by Madrid. The politician was going to "give himself, as usual, in the hands of Belgian justice," said representative of Puchdemon.
Puchdemon, perhaps, plans to ask for refugee status in Germany, the Kieler Nachrichten newspaper reports referring to sources in court circles.
In Barcelona, thousands of demonstrators went to a street action for the release of Puchdemon. Protests are accompanied by skirmishes with the police.
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On March 23, the Supreme Court of Spain issued the European order to arrest Puchdemon. He is accused of inciting to rebellion, counteracting the authorities and inappropriate expenditure of budget funds - under these articles, the policy threatens up to 30 years in prison.
In November 2017, after the unsuccessful attempt of Catalonia to declare the independence and dissolution of the Zeneralitat (Government) of the region, the authorities of Spain Puchdemon and four of the other former members of the Zeneralitat fled to Belgium and surrendered to local law enforcement officers . The Belgian court left them at large under the obligation to turn out.